10 inspiring quotes from Maya Angelou

Her story awed millions. The young single mother who worked at strip clubs to earn a living later danced and sang on stages around the world. A black woman born poor wrote and recited the most popular presidential inaugural poem in history. A childhood victim of rape, shamed into silence, eventually told her story through one of the most widely read memoirs of the past few decades.

Here is Maya Angelou in here own words:

“The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free”

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”

“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.”

“I believe that each of us comes from the creator trailing wisps of glory.”

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.”

“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.”

“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”

“My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.”

“The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.”